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Any guesses?

Could it be a Fender Dual Showman head and cabinet?

Looking at the logo I'd guess mid-late seventies

Given the size of the upper cabinet I say Dual Showman Reverb Amp or Bandmaster Reverb Amp and matching speaker cabinet.

I'm gonna guess it's a....... Fender...

...a pair of fenders.....I'm gonna guess off of a '54 Buick?

Congrats Gil. Looks like it is in really nice shape. When you first mentioned it on the plane I knew it was going home with you.

It is so pristine that Gil thought it was re-issued at first. Hmm.

ken_j wrote:It is so pristine that Gil thought it was re-issued at first. Hmm.

Yeah but I bet when you fire up that head in a closed room it will stink of stale smoke and beer.

Yup.
The cleanest dual showman reverb amp I have ever seen.
Actually, the cleanest vintage amp I have ever seen, period.
I bought it from Motor City guitar. it comes with the manual, schematics (all in original envelope) original footswitch, speaker cabinet cable, caster wheels. Speakers are of course a pair of JBL D130F (with the orange magnet cover) in superb condition (we actually opened all screws and I inspected each speaker).
The amp has the original tubes including a quartet of RCA 6L6GC!, no idea how much life they still had but it sounded amazing in the store and it was very quiet and hum free (didn't check but I believe it still has the original caps). Vibrato and reverb work of course.
It looks like a real closet queen, probably wasn't played too much, I have attached some more pics but they really don't do it any justice, when Ken and I saw it at the store, it looked brand new and I actually thought that fender started making silverface reissues.
I know that blackface amps are considered better and all, but I don't really care. I have a blackface showman at home, it sounds great, this amp sounds great as well. I played a 360/12C63 on it for a few minutes (from the store inventory) and it sounded superb.

Wow, a time capsule find.

Does Kareene know about this?

Yes.
She wasn't too pleased, but to be completely honest, for $1100 - I think it's a steal.

Congrats, Gil - I am pleased you decided to do it,
Looks brand new.

gibsonlp wrote:for $1100 - I think it's a steal.

You bet it is. That was a great find Gil.

winston wrote:

gibsonlp wrote:for $1100 - I think it's a steal.

You bet it is. That was a great find Gil.

+1!

Congrats. Gil!